Wage Review Committee meets with Pittsburgh City Council
The Wage Review Committee met with Pittsburgh City Council to discuss recommendation in a report released in December.
Benefit Concert for Kenyan Girls’ School Postponed
Proceeds from the River City Brass concert go to Hekima Place, an all-girl’s high school in Kiserian, Kenya.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announces new rules on methane emissions
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announces new rules on methane emissions.
Two candidates drop out of Pennsylvania attorney general race
Two candidates for Pennsylvania attorney general have dropped out of the race.
Micro-Transit agency Ride ACTA growing and looking at expanding services
The public-shuttle service that transports workers to their jobs in the airport corridor has grown since last year and is considering expanding the scope of its services.
Listen Up! Jan. 20
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists covered in the current music section, as well as some who are included in this week’s concert listings. Listen while you read!
A conversation with this week’s Winter Guide cover artist Jeff Brunner from Hey Beast Studio
Jeff Brunner of Hey Beast Studio talks about his favorite animals to draw, his preferred media and his upcoming projects.
Allegheny County Jail Health Justice Project to relaunch tonight
The group advocating for better health care for Allegheny County Jail inmates is relaunching its efforts.
Gov. Tom Wolf to hold Facebook town hall meeting on climate change, will make announcement
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to make announcement today about Pennsylvania’s efforts on reducing climate change.
Slew of Allegheny County Democrats seeking county party endorsements
About 30 Democratic candidates strongly hint at candidacies for U.S. House and Pennsylvania House and Senate seats.
MP3 Monday: Aubree Nicole
This week’s MP3 comes from local r&b singer Aubree Nicole. Stream or download the catchy (and surprisingly melancholy) pop track “Get a Little Crazy” from her EP, Diary of Aubree, below. Download link has expired, sorry!
Strip District Music Fest 2016
The Strip District Music Fest, sponsored by Pittsburgh City Paper and Pabst Blue Ribbon, returned to Pittsburgh this Sat., Jan. 16 with over 160 local bands, comedians and live painters performing at more than 20 venues throughout the Strip District neighborhood. Check out the photos from City Paper photography intern Aaron Warnick in our slideshow below!
Lynn Cullen 1/18/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Steelers are out for the season. Democratic debate seems to won by Bernie Sanders. Obit. for Richard Hendrickson, devotee of the weather. Denmark makes itself unattractive to refugees. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or…
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
This week in Pittsburgh, Mayor Bill Peduto names a new public safety director, Port Authority unveils new fare proposal, Jay Costa declares his re-election bid and John Fetterman goes on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
Braddock Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman on Comedy Central’s “Nightly Show”
The larger-than-life Democratic Pennsylvania U.S. senate candidate visits late-night talk show and endorses presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Pennsylvania state Sen. Jay Costa announces re-election bid for 43rd district
Forest Hills democratic state senator Jay Costa announces his re-election bid for the 43rd district.
Lynn Cullen 1/15/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. GOP Debates.: Trump and Cruz. Rand Paul’s hissy fit. Duquesne stands by room policy. Flint, Michigan. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
New proposed Port Authority fare change will also benefit people with disabilities
Port Authority of Allegheny County proposes changes that will benefit bus riders living with disabilities.
Lynn Cullen 1/14/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The kindess of Rich Fitzgerald, the life of Jay Pritzker and some Oscar nominations. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Moonwalkers
Antoine Bardou-Jacquet’s comedy riffs on the popular conspiracy theory that the Apollo 11 moon-landing was faked, with the famed footage of men walking on the moon created in a studio by 2001: A Space Odyssey director Stanley Kubrick. Here, a special-ops guy named Kidman (Ron Perlman) is tasked by the CIA to go to London…
Mustang
After school, five teenage sisters innocently goof around with some boys at the beach. But in their small, conservative Turkish village, this transgression earns them a staggering punishment: Their guardians — an uncle and a grandmother — lock them up in the house. For good — or at least until their arranged marriages “free” them.…
Torres on psychopathy, Jesus Christ and why Sharon Van Etten is the best
TORRES with PALEHOUND 8 p.m. Mon., Jan. 18. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $12. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com Sprinter feels like a benediction, an invocation of the sacred and exhalation of the profane. The career-making sophomore album by Brooklyn artist Mackenzie Scott, who performs as Torres, is a thing of fierce beauty —…
In its second year, the Strip District Music Festival offers a massive lineup of local musicians and other performers
STRIP DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL Noon, Sat., Jan. 16. Various locations, Strip District. Donation based. VIP donation packages, $25-50. stripdistrictmusicfest.com To say that promoter Josh Bakaitus was surprised by the turnout of last year’s Strip District Music Festival would be an understatement. “It was insane,” Bakaitus says of the show’s freshman year, which is sponsored by…
Black Forge Coffee House makes Allentown a destination for coffee drinkers and fans of live music
HOMELESS GOSPEL CHOIR, JEDIDIAH CROOK, more 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 16. Black Forge Coffee House, 1206 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $7. blackforgecoffee.com Until Slayer moves to Pittsburgh and gets into the caffeine business, Black Forge Coffee House, in Allentown, is the most metal café in town. Black is the motif, you’ll find a rune-style shop logo…
This year’s Strip District Music Festival will highlight hip-hop artists from around the city
This weekend, the Strip District Music Festival will bring some of the area’s best up-and-coming rappers and DJs to one place. The Taylor Gang/Daily Bread Beats Stage will feature artists who are just starting to gather buzz, a few who have performed in multiple cities and a couple who have already toured the country. Breaking…
Short List: Jan 13 – 21
SPOTLIGHT: Fri., Jan. 15 — Stage In 1995, aspiring actor David Lee White — who’d recently completed the University of Pittsburgh’s graduate acting program — found a dead body near his home in Panther Hollow, that isolated neighborhood where Oakland meets Schenley Park. The body was hanging from a tree, an apparent suicide. White, 25,…
Critics’ Picks: Jan. 14-20
[ELECTRONIC] + THU., JAN. 14 Eschewing standard song formats for the experimental, local artist 0h85 crafts hour-long collages of EDM and hip hop. 0h85 is a dizzying journey through modern music, spanning drum and bass, piano-driven R&B and heavily sampled vocal tracks. You can experience this in person at Brillobox tonight, for free! 0h85 is…
Poros Aegean Estiartorio
Poros Aegean Estiartorio 2 Market Square, Downtown. 412-904-2051 Hours: Mon.-Sat. lunch 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; dinner 5-11 p.m.; Sun. lunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner 4-9 p.m. Prices: Mezze, salads $5-18; entrees $18-39 Liquor: Full bar It’s been a while since a restaurant serving foreign cuisine made a serious play for best restaurant in the city. Not…
Pittsburgh’s Galaxy Ball takes center stage
Third Annual Galaxy Ball 10 p.m. Sat., Jan. 16. August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $25 or free with confidential HIV/STI testing or survey at Pre-Ball Mixer from 8 to 10:30 p.m. truetstaff@gmail.com or tinyurl.com/galaxyball1 On Jan. 16, hundreds of femme queens, butches, butch queens in drag and their fans will converge on the…
The Mexican War Streets gets a new coffeehouse
As a neighborhood with a close-knit layout and sociable residents, the Mexican War Streets is a natural fit for a coffeehouse. Yet the community had gone without since Buena Vista Coffee closed, in mid-2014. Adjoining neighborhoods like Allegheny West had gone even longer. That changed Dec. 2, when Commonplace Coffeehouse opened its fourth Pittsburgh location…
Pittsburgh prepares for its bicentennial celebration
The hunt is on. Right now Pittsburghers are searching for a time capsule buried somewhere in the City-County Building when it was constructed, a century ago. The building was commissioned by then-mayor Joseph Armstrong to commemorate Pittsburgh’s centennial. “We’re not so desperate that we’ve called in Geraldo [Rivera] to look for it yet,” quips Andy…
Pittsburgh-generated app CorkGuru
First World problem though it might be, struggling through a wine list can be anxiety-provoking. The desire to try new things is often tempered by the fear of spending $15 on a glass of wine you might not love. CorkGuru, a new Pittsburgh-based wine-selection app, is here to help. CEO Danielle Gillespie is a software…
Port Authority proposes shifting to one-fare system
At press time, the Port Authority of Allegheny County was expected to propose the elimination of fare zones as part of a plan to simplify and expedite the process of riding buses and light-rail cars. Regardless of where riders travel, all fares will cost $2.50 when using a ConnectCard, the authority’s electronic-fare system (or $2.75…
Exploring the American landscape at SPACE with The Mountain and the Bumblebee
THE MOUNTAIN AND THE BUMBLE BEE continues through Jan. 24. SPACE Gallery, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown. 412-325-7723 or spacepittsburgh.org There is so much going on in The Mountain and the Bumblebee, at SPACE Gallery, that it’s difficult to know where to begin. The observer might find herself briefly rooted to the gallery floor, unsure how…
Wysocki on Pittsburgh’s six greatest Olympians
Even though it’s just starting, 2016 is shaping up to be a special year. It’s a leap year, an election year and time again for the summer Olympics. This year the games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that Pittsburgh will ever get to host the summer games. Although I…
Poet Terrence Chiusano’s On Generation & Corruption is a striking debut collection
On Generation & Corruption By Terrence Chiusano Fordham University Press, 90 pp., $24 One of the more striking poetry books out of Pittsburgh last year was On Generation & Corruption, the debut collection from Terrence Chiusano. With their unusual, often multi-parted forms, sprawling lengths and dense word-play, these are poems that push language to an…
Pittsburgh Public Market looking for a new home
In the Pittsburgh Public Market, there’s a stall called Steve’s Deli, but call the man behind the counter “Steve” and he probably won’t respond. That’s because the couple who owns the small operation are named Ed and Maggie. Neither is a trained chef, and “Steve” is a family friend who bought Ed his first oven…
The Sisters at Cup-A-Jo Productions
THE SISTERS continues through Jan. 16. Cup-A-Jo Productions in the Lincoln Gallery of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie. $15. cupajoprod@gmail.com Trios of powerful female siblings resonate deeply in Western culture: The Graces; The Furies; and the Prozorovas from the imagination of theater giant Anton Chekhov, in 1901. Over…
Savage Love
As a queer man of color — I’m Asian — I feel wounded whenever I am exposed to gay men in New York City, Toronto or any city where white gay men dominate. Gay men, mostly whites and Asians, reject me because of my race and no one admits to their sexual racism. I understand…
Bodiography performs new and little-seen works by Maria Caruso
BODIOGRAPHY performs UNSEEN 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 15, and 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 16. Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $35-65. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org In the 15 years since Maria Caruso founded Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, she has created numerous works for the company, including rock-scored and medical-themed ballets. For Bodiography’s latest program, Unseen, Jan. 15…
Outlines
— after Stacey Waite There are certain ways this poem should sound but those sounds don’t exist so I suppose it’s the responsibility of the silence on our bodies to compensate for this: the silence between your body and the water from the shower the madness in the silent architecture of how…
Carol
Carol Directed by Todd Haynes Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacey More now than ever, a story like the one Todd Haynes tells in Carol feels like ancient history, not so much because LGBTQIA rights have burgeoned — America’s closets are still pretty crowded — but because people like the story’s two…
Stuff We Like
Games N’At. The South Side’s old-school arcade — mostly analog treats, from pinball to air hockey, with some FPG thrown in — is a great place to take a kid, or nostalgic adults. 2010 Josephine St. 412-481-2002 Strangers Podcast. Lea Thau’s project is a collection of first-person narratives about the strangers in our lives, and…
Heart of a Dog
It’s mostly death on the mind of artist, musician and filmmaker Laurie Anderson in her new film essay, Heart of a Dog. Death and its tributaries, such as memory, grief and moving on. Her work isn’t gloomy or depressing, but rather a gentler reminder to give death some consideration. The film incorporates music, home movies,…
CP Weekend Podcast – Jan. 14-17, 2016
This week: Lose yourself in the annual Galaxy Ball, brunch in drag or salsa and bachata your weekend away.
Lynn Cullen 1/13/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Recap of the State of the Union Address. Cologne, Germany and how the media is portraying immigrants. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Pittsburgh artist James Simon opens his Uptown studio to show giant musician sculptures
Video by Ashley Murray For the past year, James Simon has been constructing and sculpting giant musicians, dancers, dogs and a jukebox. Simon’s work will be installed in Perry Harvey Park, in Tampa, and is meant to pay homage to the Florida community’s history. “These sculptures are for the gateway to Perry Harvey Park and…
Pittsburgh artist James Simon opens his studio of giant musician sculptures
Video by Ashley Murray
Lynn Cullen 1/12/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Making of a Murderer. Duquesne roommate policies. Whitesboro, NY. Where does the Koch Brothers money come from? Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
